Minimal fixation in the treatment of open hand and foot bone fractures caused by explosive devices: Case series

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 630-633

  Has, Borislav ^a   Jovanović, Savo ^a   Wertheimer, Borna ^a   Kondža, Goran ^a   Grdić, Predrag ^a   Leko, Krunoslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Amputation; Foot injuries; Fracture fixation, intramedullary; Fractures, open; Hand injuries; War; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FOOT AMPUTATION; FOOT INJURY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HAND AMPUTATION; HAND FRACTURE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PLASTER CAST; PSEUDARTHROSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BLAST INJURIES; BONE WIRES; CROATIA; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, OPEN; HAND INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

EID: 0035697189     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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